Notes for computer aided design lessons Photoshop

3ds Max

Google Sketchup

Year 2012 - 2013

16/10/2012

1.Find image larger than 6MP

2. Open (Disney) streetview

3. Open saved “Sky” image in the PS5

4. Drag “Sky” image into Disney picture

5. Create a copy of Disney picture

6. Use magic wand to cut out the background

7.Press down Shift to add selections

8. Use Ctrl+T to rescale background

Ctrl+Shift+I – invert

13/11/2012

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Use the brush tool

To switch between black & white use X

12/11/2012

Press  this  to  add  a  vector  mask  

Add  layer  with  background  

(Layer  mask)  

Use crop tool – C

Change a background into a layer

Double click on background

Alt + drag down to make a copy of a layer

Work  from  left  to  right  to  get  brightness  change  

Use  droppers  to  indicate  dark/  light  areas  and  tidy  them  up  

Can also use curve tool to

Use polygonal lasso tool to draw the shape of the wall

Ctrl and press in the layer

Arrow  allows  indicating  the  amount  of  black  /  white  elements  

Zoom  out,  use  lasso  tool  to  select  an  area  

To add the contoures for the drawing go into layer

Draw  gradient  line  from  top,  a  bit  out  so  light  is  not  too  intense  

Pick  foreground  to  transparent  

Select lines with magic wand

27/11/2013

 

 

 

Open  STYLES  toolbar  

 

 

 

Export  2D  

Change  to  2000pixels  wide  so  it  is  good  rez  for  A4  

 

 

 

To  restore  default  colours,  settings  click  on  house  icon  and  then  1st  ion  

Change  styles  for  the  type  of  drawing  

In  mix  can  combine  line  styles  with  styles  of  colour  

 

 

 

Display  hidden  line  mode  to  

So  all  the  lines  are  available  

Untick  the  edges  so  no  borders  are  seeable  

Click  on  the  SHADOWS  

 

 

Change  percentage  of  the  OPACITY  

 

 

RASTERIZE  layer  to    

 

29/01/2013  

AUTODESK  3DS  MAX  DESIGN  

 

 

 

 

Shortcuts:  

• G  –  grid  • P  –  perspective  • B  –  bottom  • W  –  move  • X  –  to  get  rid/  show  axes  • I  -­‐  rotate  

 

To  create  an  object  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Copy  tool  

Hold  down  shift  and  drag  the  item  you  want  to  copy  

Choose  copy  and  select  amout  of  items  you  want  

 

F  –  switch  the  edges  on  

Modify  

 

   

 

Polygon  Box  Modeling  

 

SolidTo  split  the  face  up  select  2  edges  

Detach  /  attach  /  make  unique  

 

To  edit  an  object    go  into  one  view  

F4  turns  on/  off  edged  faces  

To  edit  facade  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To  select  a  row  of  faces  hold  Shift+line  

To  select  the  ones  you  want  Ctrl+selection  

Extrude  

Outline  

Insert  

Bridge  

Flip  

 

 

 

 

Press  ctrl+  selects  all  edges,  right  click  &  connect  

 

To  add  new  faces  by  connecting  edges  

1. Choose  poly  editable  2. Ctrl+  choose  edges  3. Right  click  -­‐  connect